FIGHT! Facts & Rankings: Strikeforce Live

It was a weird card – a midweek show in a theater – but Strikeforce Live delivered entertaining fights that set up interesting match ups down the road. You’ll find full results below along with press conference notes, an analysis of how the fights effected our rankings and more.

Renato Sobral outlasted Robbie Lawler in the night’s main event, climbing to #6 in our Light Heavyweight Rankings after the 195-pound catchweight affair. Lawler drops from #12 to #25 in our Middleweight Rankings with the loss. Both fighters will be reassigned if they continue to fight outside of their respective divisions.

Evangelista Santos may have lost his nickname to his wife, Cris Cyborg, but he regained some credibility after dropping to welterweight and dropping Marius Zaromskis. Santos climbed from #58 to #35 in our Middleweight Rankings while Zaromskis fell from #22 to #50 in our Welterweight Rankings. Santos will be reassigned if he continues to fight at 170 pounds.

Before his fight, Tim Kennedy made the case for fighting bigger names on bigger cards. He has a point – he finished Prangley easily but stayed put at #31 in our Middleweight Rankings after besting the lower-ranked fighter. Prangley drops just two spots, from #64 to #66.

KJ Noons won his fight but lost his ranking, falling hard from #25 to #51 in our Lightweight Rankings after eeking out a split decision against the much lower-ranked Conor Heun, who actually jumped from #88 to #66 after the loss.